Good luck getting in. It's not easy. They actually have rules to get in unlike the US. And if your American, it's really hard. You need to actually have skills, and an education. You need so many points to even have a chance. Now, if your from some poor backwater country, you can get in real easy, claiming political asylum or religious freedom.

Oh you really don't want to move to Canada. We have socialized healthcare!!! Wouldn't you rather stay there and fork out your $500 per month in insurance. It's really difficult to go and get a prescription and have to pay $6.85 dispensing fee.

Yeah right man, it maybe socialized healthcare, but I probably racked up over $130,000 in Emergency Fees over the years when I was younger in Canada that the government paid.

While I was in the ER, there was an American woman there who had to pay the Canadian Hospital $1500 upfront just to be looked at.

I don't care what people say about the Canadian Healthcare system, but when I was in the hospital, I am glad I didn't have to worry about paying... like I would have in America.

In America, they overbill the SHIT out of everyone....

The ER wait lines in Canada is bullshit though, the system is not that great, but it's free. I saw a woman in the hospital who couldn't breath, and was stuck in the ER waiting for HOURS, and she was there the other night.

The Healthcare system is really good compared to other countries, but needs improvement.

For those who can afford it, there are still some private hospitals.

Quoting: Whee! 8D.qc.ca

I was only kidding! Seriously, my youngest son has a severe peanut allergy and requires epi-pens. They run over $100 per pop and all I pay is a dispensing fee of $6.85. I have lived in Canada all of my life, had 5 children and never had to pay extra over and above the nominal fee that is charged for the medical services plan. We have been to ER on occasion and never had a huge wait. My father-in-law suffered from all sorts of illesses and was on dialysis, all covered. I wonder what it would cost for dialysis 3 times per week in the US if you didn't have insurance. During the election, I heard some people claiming that in Canada you can't chose which doctor you go to or which hospital you go to. That is simply not true. Unlike the American HMOs that give you a list of physicians that you can go to, we are free to go to anyone we want, providing they are taking new patients!

Yup, I love this country of ours and wouldn't want to go live anywhere else.

PSST. . . . if you do move here OP, call home and tell everyone know how really dreadful it is, kay. We'd rather our little secret didn't get out.

Yes.. but you know somehow you just want to treat it with respect anyway.. it blew me away..

I know exactly what you mean, girl!!!

Quoting: Mister Obvious

A very awe inspiring place.. I had never seen an ocean.. I told my bf(at the time he is a Newfie) to tell me when we would actually see it so's i could just peek a little at first! I grew up around a bay but nothing like that ever.. I am not finished visiting there for sure..

PEI looks awesome. I know a gal who moved there after purchasing a duplex for $118,000. Both halves of the duplex, she's gonna open it up into a big single home.

I bought a huge duplex here in Ontario for 110,000. My tenants pay my mortgage. I have near 1000 sq ft on the upper level all to myself. Beauty!

What year did you buy your place? What are house prices there now?

Quoting: Tryptamind

I closed in March of '07. I will say it was a "fixer-upper", but not so bad. Structurally sound and if you have the know-how to do it yourself.....excellent buy. ( I always wanted to get creative with a project)

I have no idea what house prices are right now because I have no need to look!

Born into this WorldWe create echoes of our inward yearningsAnd Shift along the Axis From matter to Spirit- Scott Mutter

PEI looks awesome. I know a gal who moved there after purchasing a duplex for $118,000. Both halves of the duplex, she's gonna open it up into a big single home.

I bought a huge duplex here in Ontario for 110,000. My tenants pay my mortgage. I have near 1000 sq ft on the upper level all to myself. Beauty!

What year did you buy your place? What are house prices there now?

I closed in March of '07. I will say it was a "fixer-upper", but not so bad. Structurally sound and if you have the know-how to do it yourself.....excellent buy. ( I always wanted to get creative with a project)

I have no idea what house prices are right now because I have no need to look!

Quoting: Full Circle

Fawk... thats awesome price... $110,000 can't even get you a 300ft studio apt on the west coast. 400G's to live in the crappiest neighborhood also.

whats the best place to live in EAST Canada if you're staunchly pro-hemp and pro-marijuana?

Ottawa?

Toronto im thinking is a no?

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 432360

Well marijuana is still illegal in all provinces just so you know. We came real close to decriminalizing it in Ontario a few years ago.

Toronto is pretty open when it comes to marijuana. I know of at least 3 or 4 cafes/lounges where you can smoke in peace and grab a bite to eat. They are real low key establishements yet not sketchy and no selling is allowed so they rarely ever get busted or shut down.

Toronto also holds a huge Marijuana march every May in conjunction with other cities all over the world. Thousands gather to march down the streets in peaceful protest and then gather at this huge park. Once at the park there are bands playing and lots of info booths and the police allow you to smoke freely as long as you stay in the park area. It's a pretty cool expierence and a lot of fun.

I would avoid Ottawa. It's like government central. The parliment is their and military bases. Very business and serious and not very artsy or hippie.

Oh you really don't want to move to Canada. We have socialized healthcare!!! Wouldn't you rather stay there and fork out your $500 per month in insurance. It's really difficult to go and get a prescription and have to pay $6.85 dispensing fee.

And do you know how hard it is trying to keep a roof on the igloo these days what with global warming, etc.

You probably wouldn't like our politics either. We're really backward. We have paper ballots and mark and x for the guy we want. We have a choice between about 5 or 6 parties and the guy with the most votes actually gets to be the one who governs the country. How messed up is that?

Okay, I'll give you that we have ass kicking good beer up here, but you'll probably hate poutine. Do you like ice hockey? Not much basketball up here, but we do have the Canadian Football League. Oh yeah, lots of fresh water and no rolling blackouts to contend with.

You really should reconsider, life in Canada might not be your cup of Red Rose tea. Oh by the way, if you should decide to come up here, please be kind enough to leave your firearms at home. Thank you.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 186930

"Oh by the way, if you should decide to come up here, please be kind enough to leave your firearms at home. Thank you."

Indeed!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fear is no policy and surrender is not an option~~~~~~~~~~~~~Peace with Justice~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PEI looks awesome. I know a gal who moved there after purchasing a duplex for $118,000. Both halves of the duplex, she's gonna open it up into a big single home.

I bought a huge duplex here in Ontario for 110,000. My tenants pay my mortgage. I have near 1000 sq ft on the upper level all to myself. Beauty!

What year did you buy your place? What are house prices there now?

I closed in March of '07. I will say it was a "fixer-upper", but not so bad. Structurally sound and if you have the know-how to do it yourself.....excellent buy. ( I always wanted to get creative with a project)

I have no idea what house prices are right now because I have no need to look!

Fawk... thats awesome price... $110,000 can't even get you a 300ft studio apt on the west coast. 400G's to live in the crappiest neighborhood also.

PEI looks awesome. I know a gal who moved there after purchasing a duplex for $118,000. Both halves of the duplex, she's gonna open it up into a big single home.

I bought a huge duplex here in Ontario for 110,000. My tenants pay my mortgage. I have near 1000 sq ft on the upper level all to myself. Beauty!

What year did you buy your place? What are house prices there now?

I closed in March of '07. I will say it was a "fixer-upper", but not so bad. Structurally sound and if you have the know-how to do it yourself.....excellent buy. ( I always wanted to get creative with a project)

I have no idea what house prices are right now because I have no need to look!

Fawk... thats awesome price... $110,000 can't even get you a 300ft studio apt on the west coast. 400G's to live in the crappiest neighborhood also.

PEI looks awesome. I know a gal who moved there after purchasing a duplex for $118,000. Both halves of the duplex, she's gonna open it up into a big single home.

I bought a huge duplex here in Ontario for 110,000. My tenants pay my mortgage. I have near 1000 sq ft on the upper level all to myself. Beauty!

What year did you buy your place? What are house prices there now?

I closed in March of '07. I will say it was a "fixer-upper", but not so bad. Structurally sound and if you have the know-how to do it yourself.....excellent buy. ( I always wanted to get creative with a project)

I have no idea what house prices are right now because I have no need to look!

Fawk... thats awesome price... $110,000 can't even get you a 300ft studio apt on the west coast. 400G's to live in the crappiest neighborhood also.

Oh you really don't want to move to Canada. We have socialized healthcare!!! Wouldn't you rather stay there and fork out your $500 per month in insurance. It's really difficult to go and get a prescription and have to pay $6.85 dispensing fee.

Yeah right man, it maybe socialized healthcare, but I probably racked up over $130,000 in Emergency Fees over the years when I was younger in Canada that the government paid.

While I was in the ER, there was an American woman there who had to pay the Canadian Hospital $1500 upfront just to be looked at.

I don't care what people say about the Canadian Healthcare system, but when I was in the hospital, I am glad I didn't have to worry about paying... like I would have in America.

In America, they overbill the SHIT out of everyone....

The ER wait lines in Canada is bullshit though, the system is not that great, but it's free. I saw a woman in the hospital who couldn't breath, and was stuck in the ER waiting for HOURS, and she was there the other night.

The Healthcare system is really good compared to other countries, but needs improvement.

For those who can afford it, there are still some private hospitals.

I was only kidding! Seriously, my youngest son has a severe peanut allergy and requires epi-pens. They run over $100 per pop and all I pay is a dispensing fee of $6.85. I have lived in Canada all of my life, had 5 children and never had to pay extra over and above the nominal fee that is charged for the medical services plan. We have been to ER on occasion and never had a huge wait. My father-in-law suffered from all sorts of illesses and was on dialysis, all covered. I wonder what it would cost for dialysis 3 times per week in the US if you didn't have insurance. During the election, I heard some people claiming that in Canada you can't chose which doctor you go to or which hospital you go to. That is simply not true. Unlike the American HMOs that give you a list of physicians that you can go to, we are free to go to anyone we want, providing they are taking new patients!

Yup, I love this country of ours and wouldn't want to go live anywhere else.

PSST. . . . if you do move here OP, call home and tell everyone know how really dreadful it is, kay. We'd rather our little secret didn't get out.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 186930

AC...

PSST. . . . if you do move here OP, call home and tell everyone know how really dreadful it is, kay. We'd rather our little secret didn't get out.

That's the thing, eh...:(

Although more tax-payers would be good...!

btw...I appreciate your humour, lol!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fear is no policy and surrender is not an option~~~~~~~~~~~~~Peace with Justice~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

London is 15 minutes drive and has nearing 400,000 pop. Good University...(University of Western Ontario). Lots of night life and an excellent arena for major attractions (JLC)

Quoting: Full Circle

Awesome.

Anyone who wants to move to Canada should take real estate prices into consideration. The westcoast is almost impossible to become a homeowner. 1 million dollar houses in Vancouver, which are old, and half a mill in the suburbs.

Ontario sounds like a nice place to establish yourself if you're a student or young family.

whats the best place to live in EAST Canada if you're staunchly pro-hemp and pro-marijuana?

Ottawa?

Toronto im thinking is a no?

Well marijuana is still illegal in all provinces just so you know. We came real close to decriminalizing it in Ontario a few years ago.

Toronto is pretty open when it comes to marijuana. I know of at least 3 or 4 cafes/lounges where you can smoke in peace and grab a bite to eat. They are real low key establishements yet not sketchy and no selling is allowed so they rarely ever get busted or shut down.

Toronto also holds a huge Marijuana march every May in conjunction with other cities all over the world. Thousands gather to march down the streets in peaceful protest and then gather at this huge park. Once at the park there are bands playing and lots of info booths and the police allow you to smoke freely as long as you stay in the park area. It's a pretty cool expierence and a lot of fun.

I would avoid Ottawa. It's like government central. The parliment is their and military bases. Very business and serious and not very artsy or hippie.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 422773

Apparently it's status is in limbo right now.

They haven't figured it out yet, but generally a gram/joint might get you a fine.

The courts and the cops have more important things to do than bother with recreational users.

Just don't be too obvious, eh!

'Ere... :49:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fear is no policy and surrender is not an option~~~~~~~~~~~~~Peace with Justice~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good luck getting in. It's not easy. They actually have rules to get in unlike the US. And if your American, it's really hard. You need to actually have skills, and an education. You need so many points to even have a chance. Now, if your from some poor backwater country, you can get in real easy, claiming political asylum or religious freedom.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 545343

Political asylum should be okay with the USA LOL

The world woud be a thousand times better place if more cults existed.

Burlington Ontario, a beautiful city of hundred and fifty thousand people living here. We have NO CRIME, hardly a fight amongst spouses but that is about it.

We have lot's of jobs, we are a clean city, we don't hav very tall buildings, we have a great beach with lots of birds and long bike trails.

We have BIG festivals, family festivals, Sound of Music, Rib Festival, Children s Festival... People come from around the world to visit at times. Nice people :).

My favorite place is the harbor, and the Lake Shore Beach trail, you have free telescopes you can look from, old fashioned Bakers, Ice Cream, Pizzerias... Beautiful for a summer walk.

The winters are not too cold or long, sort of typical European style Paris, Italy... Ontario lake is HUGE, and alive.

Burlington is about 45 minutes away from Toronto, 20 minutes away from Hamilton, 1 hour from London or Kitchener, Niagara Falls.

Medical is free, you only pay for Dental 20% after 3 months of being hired. Mean while your City will pay for your emergency dental, eye ware and exams, and medicine.

Industrial jobs are close by, manufacturing jobs, administrative jobs, trades are in demand.

You can have a free land for a garden in the summer to kill some time from the local farmer programs or the gov... There is lots of national parks close by and adventurous heritage places you can visit. IT IS AMAZING.